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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1922
Page
7
The Rev A M Malcolm urges revival through prayer and scriptural worship. He cites Psalm 85 and the Australia Bible revival as evidence, stressing personal faith, denominational distinctives, and active church life as essential to revival.
Local residents swapped weekend activities and travels with numerous visits to Washington on Saturday. Names include R. J. Rowan Ainsworth George Ward Winfield Marguerite Martin Kalona Elmer Jarrard Wayland J. H. Witting Olds H. C. Finney Ainsworth John Hanna Crawfordsville and others. Community events include a home talent play at Cedar School on December 20 admission 25 cents and imported dolls for Christmas at the Fair with prices 10 cents to 5.25 dollars.
Prof W H Stevenson Ames and US delegate to Rome spoke at the annual Washington county farm bureau meeting. He urged soil surveys, increased fertility via lime legumes and selective phosphorus and warned against overpaying to unrest in Europe while boosting US production.
Local notes report first snow of the season a ten below thermometer and icy roads from Muscatine to Des Moines. Obituary coverage notes Harry Fuller’s death and community sympathy. Christmas plans at Franklin Methodist Church, Pythian Sisters events and new business openings mark town activity with residents traveling to Washington and Oklahoma and a new eight pound son born to Roy Turnipseed.
A bustling Christmas issue highlights items from Shirts 5816 and The New York Store including discounted candy at 17 cents per pound, driving gloves, auto robes, bed linens, and dolls. Local figures like Mrs. C W Sparteman and Dr J H Hull are noted with holiday arrivals and deaths. Ford heaters priced at 1.50 and gift ideas from Lemmon's Pharmacy and Bruns Seed Store are mentioned along with a Boneyard Bulletin tease on page 6.
The fragment recalls that poetry forms in darkness not daylight and credits Ibsen as a cited influence. It hints sunlit writing but nocturnal conception shapes the art, emphasizing silence and creative stillness as conditions for verse.
A Christmas giving guide offers practical presents such as Wool serge dresses, coats, fur cloaks, wool suits, silk blouses, scarves, mittens, stockings, and silk stockings. It includes umbrellas, rugs, gowns, leather bags, vanity cases, table linens, and embroidered underwear. The list targets women, misses, and children with a selection from Wocltex , India silk, and Royal Society packaging items.
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